Charging-bar for open-hearth charging-machines.



\ No. 853,483. PATENTED MAY 14, 1907.

c. L. TAYLOR. v

CHARGING BAR FOR 0m: HEARTH CHARGING MACHINES.

' AIPLIOA'IIOI FILED AUG. 20. 1908 [1V VE TOR I l 4 j I I '4/ 3 V I =2 Home ITNESSES 1 hm m UNITED STATES TAYLOR, or ALLIANCE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE MORGAN ENGINEERING COMP NY, or ALLIANCE, OHIO.

CLARENCE L.

PATENT- OFFICE.

CHARGING-BAR FOR OPEN-HEARTH CHARGING-MACHINES- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE L. TAYLOR, of Alliance, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Charging-Bars for Open- Hearth Charging-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in charging bars for open hearth charging machines, the object being to provide means whereby a charging bar .constructed to handle one type of charging box, can be readily and uic y converted into a bar adapted to hand e boxes of other types, and the invention consists in a charging bar and detachable couplings each coupling ada ted to be locked to said bar and constructec to engage a particular type of box.

' ing bar having In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in section of a chargin bar, a detachable coupling thereon, and a c arging box secured to the coupling. Fig. 2 is. a view in perspective of the end of the charging bar showing the fixed head thereon, Fi 3 is'a view of a detachable coupling, and Ifig. 4 is a view in horizontal section through the head of the charging bar and coupling.

In the drawin s, I have shown the chargxed head adapted for use with the box shown in U. S. Patent No. 792,681 granted June 20th, 1905, but it is evident that the bar may be'constructed with a head designed for use with another type of box. 1

1 represents the charging bar which in use is constructed to rotate and rock, and is preferably made in two parts, the rear part of -which is mounted in a carrier (not shown) and projects from the latter at its front end, while the other part which is exposed and subjected to wear, hard usage and the intense heat of the furnace, is preferably movably secured to the projecting end of the rear Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 20, 1906; Serial No. 331,379-

. Patented May 14 1907.

Patent 792,681. This box has a pocket having astraight wall 4 and an inclined wall 5 as shown on the coupling. Mounted in this headmidway between its ends, is a slidin lock 6 which latter is adapted when move rearward or away from the char ing box, to enter recesses 7 1n the pocket 0 the box or coupling and thus lock the head of the bar or coupling to the box. This lock 6 is connected to a tube 8, which latter passes lengthwise through the charging bar, and is provided at its rear end, adjacent to the rear or inner end of the charging bar, with a'lever b which the tuple carrying the lock is move longitudina y.

A Charging bar thus constructed can handle only boxes havin a pocket sha ed 1&0 receive'the double wedge shaped hea' o adapt this charging bar for other types of boxes, I employ a coupling 9 consisting of a body havin a ocket in all respects like the pocket in t e ead of the box designed for use with the bar, and in the resent instance the cou ling is rovided with the straight rear wa 4 and tiie inclined wall 5 before referred to, the rear wall 4 being 0 en cen trally at, the top for the reception of the sec- 1 tion of the charging bar immediately in rear of the double inclined head, and is also provided with the recesses 7 which 0 en into the pocket for the reception of the sliding lock 6. Projecting from the front wall of the coupling, is a head 10 designed for use with a box 14 of a different type. In this instance the head 10 is slightly curved vertically and provided with parallel front and rear faces, and is designed to fit within a pocket 11 having a front wall 12 conforming in curvature thereto, the rear wall being 0 en from its top to a point below its center or the reception of r the neck 13 of the head 10.

The neck 13 and head 10 of coupling 9, is provided centrally with an opening for the passage of the locking bar 13*, which latter enters a recess in the front wall of the pocket and locks the box 14 in lace. This locking bar passes rearwardly t rough the chargin bar and through the operating tube 8,-an

is actuated by a lever located adjacent to U the rear or inner end of the charging bar.

It isa parent that couplings designed for types of oxes other than those shown, can

be employed in connection with the charging bar and that instead of using a charging bar with a double" wedge shaped head, it ma have a head like that shown at 10, in whic event the couplin s would all have to be equipped witliipoc ets to receive the head, and with heads conforming to the pockets on the boxes with which they are to be used.

It will therefore be readily seen, that in order to convert a charging bar for handling our.

type ofbox, into a-bar for handling another tgpe of box, it is simply necessa to lock t e roper coupling to the end of t e bar..

hen the charging bar is being used without a coupling and with its own type of box, the locking rod 13 is removed or withdrawn sufficiently so as not to interfere in the operation of the apparatus.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Lettars-Patent, jis

1. The combination with a charging bar having a head adapted to enter a pocket in a charging box of one type, of a detachable couplin having a pocket to receive the head on the ar and provided with a head to enage the pocket in a char in boxof a diferent type and means for 00 ing said coupling to the head.

2. The combination'with a charging bar having a head adapted to conform to the pocket in one type of charging box, of a'detachable con ling having a pocket to receive the head on t e bar and provided with a head to engage the pocket in a charging box of'a different ty e, means for locking the cou ling to the c ar 'ing bar and means for loc in the box to ale couplin p n testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CLARENCE LJTAYLO'RV Witnesses A. L. R'oBERTs, N'. C. FETTERS. 

